Binghamton Area Events Week of 2/2/25: Valentine's Events, Heart Cup, Ice Fishing, Sumo & More

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Apologies for the delay on this one! Had a personal issue over the weekend that demanded my attention.

Plenty of great stuff this week though! Penty of val/galentines events to pour your heart out into, and if you can believe it, it's a First Friday Art Walk once again!

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Below you can see sections for:

• 🎆Spotlights & Festivals
• ❤️Valentine's Events
• 🎵Concerts
• 🏀Sports
• 🏛️Local Government and Services
• 🎨Arts
• 🎮🎲Games & Hobbies
• 🍅⛰️Nature, Hiking, & Gardening
• 🛝Kids & Family
• 📜Lectures and History
• 💵Fundraisers and Nonprofits
• 🎥Screenings
• ‼️Other Events

✅This week's recommendation:

The Village Diner on Floral Ave. in Johnson City was a recent discovery of mine, and FAR too late for my taste.

Great breakfast and lunch food, great vibes with its open kitchen and kind wait staff and delightfully affordable. A new favorite! Check it out.

Let me know ways I can improve this newsletter!

Spotlights and Festivals

🎨Fri. 2/6 Downtown Binghamton First Friday Art Walk
Full list of venues here
Various Locations
6 pm - 9 pm

🐟Sat. 2/7 Broome County Parks Ice Fishing Derby
Greenwood Park
7 am - 2 pm
$5

🤼Sat. 2/7 Southern Tier Sumo Seminar
APEX Combat Sports, 19 Avenue D., Johnson City
11 am
Pre-registration required

🏒Sat. 2/7 2026 Binghamton Heart Cup: Binghamton Fire Dept. vs. Binghamton Police Dept.
Visions Veteran Memorial Arena, Binghamton
3:30 pm
$15

🍲Sat. 2/7 2nd Annual Crock Pot Cookoff
Harley-Davidson of Binghamton, 1152 Front St., Binghamton
11:30 am - 1 pm

❤️Sat. 2/7 St. Michael's Acry Festival of Hearts Dinner Dance w/ Brothers & Friends, Buffet Dinner
St. Michael's, 296 Clinton St., Binghamton
5 pm - 10 pm
$50

Valentine's Events

❤️Thurs. 2/5 Chunky Knit Heart Pillow Class
The Chalk Market, 800 Valley Plz, Johnson City
5 pm - 7 pm

🧑‍🎨Fri. 2/6 Rotten Valentine Art Exhibition
Obsidian, 5 Court St., Binghamton
6 pm - 10 pm

❤️Sat. 2/7 Galentine's Prosecco & Cupcakes
Kilmer Mansion, 9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton
7 pm - 8:30 pm

❤️Sat. 2/7 Valentine's Day Market at Factory by Beer Tree
511 Reynolds Rd., Johnson City
11 am - 3 pm

❤️Sat. 2/7 Galentine's Brunch Collective
Central United Methodist Church, Endicott
12 pm - 3 pm

❤️Sat. 2/7 Courtship Tails at Ross Park Zoo (Couples Tour and Brunch)
Ross Park Zoo, Binghamton
9:30 am
$75

❤️Sat. 2/7 Galentine's Day at The Rusty Mug
The Rusty Mug, 869 Rt. 11, Kirkwood
10:30 am - 5 pm

❤️Sat. 2/7 Galentine Paint party at Crystalline Concepts
Crystalline Concepts By Michele, 659 Conklin Avenue, Binghamton
2 pm - 3:30 pm
$35

❤️Sun. 2/8 Southern Tier Young Professionals Hilltop Valentine's Day Social
Hilltop Senior Living Center
2 pm - 3:30 pm

❤️Sun. 2/8 Galentine's Day at Beer Tree Factory
Beer Tree Factory, Oakdale Commons
10:30 am - 2:30 pm

❤️Sun. 2/8 Mamabear's 2nd Annual Galentine's Event
Mamabear Boutique, 132 Washington St., Binghamton
11 am - 5 pm

🍪Sun. 2/8 Groovy Love-Cookie Decorating
Waterman's Cafe and Tasting Barn
2:30 pm
$45

🍰Sun. 2/8 Sweethearts and Sugar Cake Workshop
9 Railroad St., Whitney Point
2 pm - 4 pm
$40

Theatre and Comedy

🎭Live Theatre

🏫Fri. 2/6 - Sun. 2/8 OA Musical - Disney’s High School Musical
3 Sheldon Guile Blvd., Owego
Fri., Sat 7 pm, Sun. 2 pm
$10

📰Fri. 2/6 - Sun. 2/8 Windsor Central Middle School Drama Club's Production of Newsies JR
1191 New York 79, Windsor
Fri., Sat 7 pm, Sun. 2 pm
$8

🎭Sat. 2/7 Robert Rogers Puppet Co – Great Grandma Ruth & the Treasure of Adventure Island
Schorr Family Firehouse Stage, Johnson City
11 am & 2 pm
$14

🤣👢Other Performing Arts & Comedy

🤣Wed. 2/4 Homebrewed Comedy ft. Amanda Roberto, Greg Owens, Ryan Manzo, Mike Peters
John Barleycorn Tavern, Owego
7:30 pm

🎤Thurs. 2/5 Trampoline Presents Juvenalia at Atomic Tom's
Atomic Tom's, Binghamton
7 pm - 9 pm
$5

🎤Thurs. 2/5 WordPlace Poetry Open Mic Thursday at WordPlace: The Southern Tier Literary Center
26 Cedar St., Binghamton
8 pm - 10 pm

🤐Fri. 2/6 Don't Tell Comedy
Binghamton (Exact location TBA)
7 pm
$27

🤣Fri. 2/6 True Point Comedy Night at The Brass Rail
The Brass Rail, 180 Clinton St., Binghamton
$20

🤣Sat. 2/7 Myq Kaplan comes to headline Crooked Mouth Comedy
Crooked Mouth Brewing, Endicott
8 pm - 10 pm

Concerts

🎸Local Rock & Pop

Fri. 2/6 Micha Lucey Live
New Leaf Cider, 800 Nowland Rd., Port Crane
6 pm - 9 pm

Sat. 2/7 Caviar & Grits and Grown Ups
Atomic Tom's, Binghamton
7 pm

Sat. 2/7 Nate Gross Band at Studio 56
56 Clinton St., Binghamton
7:15 pm
$15

👨‍🎤DIY & Underground

Sat. 2/7 Storm Hood, Ground Sweat, Siren Flower, Guano, Dungeon Slug, Drawn by Blood
Crowbar Arcade, Binghamton
7:30 pm
$10

Some local & underground shows announce late and might not make it to this list - follow @BinghamtonShows on Instagram for the most up-to-date info!

🎹Classical & Jazz

Thurs. 2/5 Jazz Night at Frank's w/ Jorden and the Wombats
Franks Pizzeria and Italian Restaurant, Maine
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

🪕Folk & Country

Fri. 2/6 Devon Lawton and the In-Laws
The Old Fireside, 69 NY-7B, Port Crane
7 pm - 10 pm

Sat. 2/7 Acoustic Jam
Broome County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Sat. 2/7 Underwood Drive
New Leaf Cider, 800 Nowland Rd., Port Crane
6 pm - 9 pm

Sat. 2/7 Local Honey 607
Beer Tree Farm, Port Crane
6 pm - 9 pm

🎧EDM, Dance & DJs

Thurs. 2/5 Hotbox Anniversary Dance and Drag
Deep State, 214 State St., Binghamton
9 pm
$10

Fri. 2/6 Warped Tour Music Night
The Belmar, 95 Main St., Binghamton
9 pm

Sat. 2/7 Electrokidz
Lost Dog Cafe, Binghamton
9 pm

📻Classic Rock & Covers

Thurs. 2/5 Rick Iacovelli
McGirks Irish Pub, 1 Kattelville Rd, Chenango Bridge
7 pm

Fri. 2/6 Pour Shots
Irish Kevins, 47 Riverside Dr.
7:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Fri. 2/6 Highway Fruit Market
Endicott Elks Club
6 pm - 9 pm

Fri. 2/6 Higher Ground
McGirks Irish Pub, 1 Kattelville Rd, Chenango Bridge
7 pm

Fri. 2/6 Brothers & Friends
Stu's Place, 114 N Page Ave., Endicott
7 pm - 10 pm

Fri. 2/6 Messy Truth
The Topper Saloon, 1001 Union Ctr Ste 2, Endicott
8 pm - 11 pm

Fri. 2/6 The Touch
Tap House 66, 66 N Broad St., Johnson City
7 pm - 10 pm

Fri. 2/6 Luds Lament Acoustic Quartet
Abel's Pub, 65 Rotary Ave, Binghamton
8 pm - 11 pm

Sat. 2/7 Last Call
McGirks Irish Pub, 1 Kattelville Rd, Chenango Bridge
7 pm

Sat. 2/7 Wreckless Marci
Kelly's Sports Bar, 102 N Page Ave, Endicott
9 pm - 12 am

Sat. 2/7 Straight Up
Thirsty's Tavern, Binghamton
8 pm - 11 pm

Sat. 2/7 Dark River Stone
Crooked Mouth Brewing, Endicott
Time TBA

Sat. 2/7 Common Ground
Blazin' Saddles, Binghamton
8 pm - 11 pm

Sports

🏀Professional, Spectator, & Fan Events

Events

🏈Tues. 2/3 Binghamton Youth Sports Association
162 Hawley St., Binghamton
6 pm - 7:15 pm

💵Wed. 2/4 Binghamton Black Bears Booster Club Meeting
The Relief Pitcher, 197 Conklin Ave., Binghamton
7:15 pm

🏀Thurs. 2/5 Binghamton University Women's Basketball vs. University of Maryland Baltimore
Binghamton University Events Center
6 pm
$11.00

🧑‍🚒Fri. 2/6 - Sun. 2/8 Firefighters Association of the Sate of New York Winter Games
Greek Peak, Cortland
Various events, full schedule on website

🥍Fri. 2/6 Binghamton University Women's Lacrosse vs. Marist
Binghamton University Events Center
6 pm

🏒Fri. 2/6 Binghamton Black Bears FPHL Hockey vs. Indiana Sentinels
Visions Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton
7 pm
$22.75

🏒Sat. 2/7 Binghamton Black Bears FPHL Hockey vs. Indiana Sentinels
Visions Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton
7 pm
$22.75

🏀Sat. 2/7 Binghamton Bulldogs Basketball vs. Buffalo Extreme
1025 Robinson Hill Rd, Johnson City
7 pm
$15

🏀Sat. 2/7 Binghamton University Women's Basketball vs. NJ Institute of Technology
Binghamton University Events Center
12 pm
$11.00

🏈Sun. 2/8 Patriots Fan Club Super Bowl Meet Up
Food and Fire, 560 Harry L Drive, Johnson City
6:15 pm

🤼Sun. 2/8 Maine Endwell Youth Wrestling Tournament
Maine-Endwell High School
7 am

I'm currently working on how to best link to High School sports! Stay tuned on that. In the meantime, check your school district's sports schedule on MaxPreps

🏅Competitions, Tournaments, Exercise & Clinics

🧘Wed. 2/4 CCE Move and Improve Class
840 Upper Front St., Binghamton
10:30 am - 11:30 am

🏆Wed. 2/4 Cornhole Tournament
Irish Kevins, Johnson City
7 pm

🧘Thurs. 2/5 Yin Yoga and Sound Bath
Vestal Public Library
6 pm

🧘Sat. 2/7 Guided Meditation
Broome County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton
9:30 am - 11 am

🏃Sat. 2/7 Free All-Sports Clinic with Binghamton University: National Girls & Women in Sports Day Grades 1-6
Binghamton University Events Center
2:15 pm

Games and Hobbies

🪡Wed. 2/4 Sit & Stitch
Broome County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton
1 pm - 2:30 pm

🎮Wed. 2/4 Hype Waves 109 Super Smash Bros. Tournament
Binghamton University University Union Room 102
7 pm

🎲Thurs. 2/5 Board Game Night
Your Home Public Library, Johnson City
4 pm - 7 pm

📖Thurs. 2/5 First Thursday Book Club: James by Percival Everett and Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Broome County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton
6 pm - 7:30 pm

🎲Fri. 2/6 Open Game Meetup
Vestal Public Library, Vestal
11 am - 3:30 pm

🏆Sat. 2/7 Endicott Sports Collectibles Show
1305 Riverview Dr., Endicott
9:15 am - 3:15 pm

🧵Sat. 2/7 Stitch Together
9 Railroad St., Whitney Point
2 pm - 4 pm

🎮Sun. 2/8 Hadoken Hoedown 26 Fighting Game Tournament
Binghamton University University Union UUW B14C
11:45 am

🏎️Sun. 2/8 RC Seminar to Learn Car Setup
6564 Rt. 434, Apalachin
12 pm

Into board games and deck builders? Check out the regular events from Great Escape Adventures and Dragon Master Games also join the Discord chats for the Binghamton Tabletop Society and the Greater Binghamton TTRPG Society

Want to play fighting games? Join the Southern Tier Smash Bros. Discord

Local Government and Services

💡Thurs. 2/5 Lineworker Training Program Info Session
907 Upper Front St., Binghamton
3 pm - 4 pm

🕯️Thurs. 2/5 Vigil for the Victims of ICE
Riot Act Bookstore, 127 Main St., Binghamton
5:30 pm

🎓Fri. 2/6 SUNY ATTAIN Table
Broome County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton
10 am - 12 pm

🗳️Want to find your local municipal or school board meetings? Check out our local government meeting guide here and regular public service events at the Broome County Public Library here

Arts

🖼️Exhibits and Showcases

💼Fri. 2/6 Binghamton University Operalogue
Phelps Mansion Museum, 191 Court St., Binghamton
6 pm - 9 pm

🧑‍🎨Fri. 2/6 First Friday Artist Talk: Orazio Salati | Uncovering the surface
Roberson Museum, Binghamton
6 pm - 7 pm

🖌️Fri. 2/6 Live Painting ft. Lavonne and Kristen Nicole
Stellar Human, 159 Washington St., Binghamton
7 pm

🖼️2/6 - 2//14 RE/Collected Art Sale
BCAC Artisan Gallery, 223 State St., Binghamton
Various times

🎨Classes and Workshops

🪦Wed. 2/4 Tombstone Painting Open Hours with Truth Pharm
49 Pine St., Binghamton
6 pm

✂️Thurs. 2/5 Intro to Cricut Design
Broome County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton
6 pm - 7 pm

📝Thurs. 2/5 BCAC Words into Worlds: A Generative Poetry Workshop (6 weekly sessions online workshop)
Online
7 pm - 9 pm

🖌️Sat. 2/7 Abstract Watercolor Workshop
223 State St. Binghamton
1 pm - 3 pm
$40

🎨Sat. 2/7 NoMa Aspiring Artists Workshop
30 Main St., Binghamton
10 am - 12 pm

For a look at upcoming arts events further into the future or regular painting and art classes, check out the Broome County Arts Council calendar, and classes with Uncorked Creations, Stilettos Fine Arts Studio, Jablon Studios, or The Party Brush

Nature, Hiking, and Gardening

🦉Tues. 2/3 Superb-Owl Prowl at the Waterman Center
403 Hill Rd., Apalachin
6 pm
Registration required

🦔Sat. 2/7 Naturalists' Club Porcupine Hike
Aqua Terra Nature Preserve
11 am

🍁Sat. 2/7 Make Your Own Maple Syrup
Salt Springs State Park
1 pm

🌱Sat. 2/7 CCE Seed Stratification Workshop for Improving Habitat for Insects and other Wildlife
GFJ Public Library, Endicott
11 am - 1 pm

For more hiking events, make sure to join the Binghamton Hikers' Group and/or the Triple Cities Hiking Club

Kids and Family

🎲Tues. 2/3 Family Board Game Night
Broome County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton
5 pm - 6 pm

🧱Tues. 2/3 LEGO Club
Vestal Public Library, Vestal
4 pm - 6 pm

🫄Tues. 2/3 MomCo Meetup
117 Powderhouse Rd., Vestal
7 pm

🤝Thurs. 2/5 A4: All Ages, All Abilities
Vestal Public Library, Vestal
1 pm - 3 pm

🧱Fri. 2/6 Free Admission Night and Heart to Heart LEGO Art Show
The Discovery Center, Binghamton
4 pm - 6:30 pm

📚Sat. 2/7 Vestal Public Library Take Your Child to the Library Day
Vestal Public Library, Vestal
11 am - 3:30 pm

📚Sat. 2/7 Take Your Child to the Library Day Story Time
Fenton Free Library, 1062 Chenango St., Binghamton
10:30 am

🪄Sat. 2/7 Secrets of Magic
Southern Tier Community Center, Endicott
4 pm - 6 pm

📚Sat. 2/7 Winter and Valentine's Themed Story Hour
Windsor Public Library, 107 Main St., Windsor
10:30 am - 11:30 am

🍨 Sat. 2/7 Binghamton Rumble Ponies Free Ice Cream for Breakfast
Mirabito Stadium, Binghamton
9 am - 11 am

🐶Sat. 2/7 Read with the Therapy Dogs!
GFJ Memorial Library
10:30 am - 12:30 pm

🏳️‍🌈Sat. 2/7 Rainbow Pride Story Time
Broome County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton
3 pm - 4 pm

🧱Sat. 2/7 LEGO Club
Broome County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton
9 am - 1 pm

To find weekly recurring children’s events, check the Binghamton Macaroni KID calendar and Broome County Public Library calendar!

Lectures and History

🏠Tues. 2/3 CCE Realtor Education Day
840 Upper Front St., Binghamton
9 am - 12 pm
$10

🥗Tues. 2/3 Healthy for Life Nutrition Series at CCE Broome
840 Upper Front St., Binghamton
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm

🥕Tues. 2/3 Swap Out Food Waste: Food waste workshop and recipe swap
840 Upper Front St., Binghamton
5 pm - 6 pm

🥬Wed. 2/4 VINES Smart Shopping and Green Thumb Workshop
157 Susquehanna St., Binghamton
6 pm

💼Wed. 2/4 New York Annie's Project: How to Diversify or Scale with Confidence for Profitability
840 Upper Front St., Binghamton
11 am - 2 pm
$25

📜Wed. 2/4 Kilmer Mansion Guided Tour
9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton
11 am - 2 pm
$12

Fundraisers and Nonprofits

☎️Thurs. 2/5 A New Hope Center Hotline Volunteer Training
Online
3 pm - 4:30 pm

👗Sat. 2/7 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Broome-Tioga Masquerade Ball (Sold Out)
Doubletree Binghamton
6 pm

🍪Sat. 2/7 Sip N Sweets American Heart Foundation Fundraiser
6172 State Rt. 434, Apalachin
1 pm - 4 pm

🥫Sun. 2/8 Souper Bowl CHOW Drive
731 Hooper Rd., Endwell
10 am

Screenings

💻Wed. 2/4 Python: The Documentary
SUNY Broome Titchener Hall, Room 101
5 pm - 8 pm

📽️Thurs. 2/5 Black Voices from the Ivory Tower Documentary Viewing
SUNY Broome Wales 203B
1 pm - 2 pm

🌧️Thurs. 2/5 Classic Movie Man: Singin' in the Rain (1952)
GFJ Memorial Library, Endicott
2 pm

Other Events

🌱Tues. 2/3 Clearing the Confusion (Substance Use Disorder Education)
Truth Pharm, 49 Pine St., Binghamton
6 pm - 8 pm

🛍️Fri. 2/6 Friends of the Library Book Sale
GFJ Public Library, Endicott
10 am - 4 pm

🍲Fri. 2/6 Halupki and Haluski Dinner
American Legion Post 1700
4:35 pm - 6:45 pm

🛍️Fri. 2/6 & Sat. 2/7 Book Sale
Broome County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton
10 am - 1 pm

🥞Sat. 2/7 Glen Aubrey Fire Co Pancake Breakfast
32 Octagon St., Glen Aubrey
8 am - 11 am

🛍️Sat. 2/7 Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Charlie Blonde Antiques Sale Event
2801 Main St., Endwell
11 am - 5:30 pm

📖Sun. 2/8 Temple Concord Sisterhood Annual Book Talk
9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton
11 am

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